The Águilas Cibaeñas organization announced the hiring of Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes for the next season of the Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic (LIDOM).
Through a statement on its Twitter account, the directive of the Cibaeñas Eagles they announced the hiring with the Cuban patrol car Yoenis Cespedes for the 2022-2023 season of the LIDOM.
lawns joins Cade Gotta as the second player imported by the Eagles for the coming season, the American serves as an outfielder as well as the Cuban.
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The powerful Cuban baseball player has not seen action since the 2020 season and already participated with “El Conjunto Amarillo” in the 2011-2012 season, this being his first professional team when he left Cuba, he participated during the postseason having a discreet participation with the team based in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Statements by the General Manager of the Eagles
Angel Ovalles describes the arrival of Yoenis Cespedes to LIDOM as an impact, not only because of what the player can show on the field of play, but he will be a figure who saw action in MLB and will be in the league.
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“Cespedes is a power player, who will be in the middle part of the lineup, I want to let the eaglet fanatic and all those who follow this franchise know that to bring him in as a reinforcement there is an evaluation process that supports this hiring.” Ovalles said
Cespedes’ desire to return to the Eagles means his desire to return to the ball, since he has not seen action since 2020 due to not having a contract with any team in the Big Top.
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In Cuba he played eight seasons with the Alazanes de Granma where he hit 177 home runs between 2003 and 2010, he played with Cuba in the 2009 World Baseball Classic where he left a batting average of .458, hitting two home runs and driving in five runs in six games.
In LIDOM he hit .143 with a double, a home run and two RBIs in nine games played.
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In the Major Leagues, he signed with the Oakland Athletics in the Major Leagues he had a stint with the Boston Red Sox, and then in 2015 he fell into the New York Mets organization where he had a contract until the 2020 season.
Numbers in MLB
In eight seasons in the best baseball in the world, he has accumulated a total of 834 games, registering 3,191 at-bats, where he has connected 870 hits, scoring 475 runs, driving in 528, shooting a total of 165 homers, stealing 43 bases and leaving a line .273/ .327/ .824 offense.
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